{"product_id":"charioteer-mary-renault-9781844089505","title":"Charioteer","description":"'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and a terrific natural sympathy with the intricacies of honour and desire' SARAH WATERS\n'An explosive and courageous book' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE\nFirst published in 1953, The Charioteer is a tender, intelligent coming-of-age novel and a bold, unapologetic portrayal of homosexuality that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room as a landmark work in gay literature.\nInjured at Dunkirk, Laurie Odell, a young corporal, is recovering at a rural veterans' hospital. There he meets Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly, and the men find solace in their covert friendship. Then Ralph Lanyon appears, a mentor from Laurie's schooldays. Through him, Laurie is drawn into a tight-knit circle of gay men for whom liaisons are fleeting and he is forced to choose between the ideals of a perfect friendship and the pleasures of experience.\n'Emotionally intelligent, beautifully written and deeply moving, it transcends categorisations' Telegraph","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49800264089888,"sku":"9781844089505","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781844089505.jpg?v=1785178814","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/charioteer-mary-renault-9781844089505","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}